Safe-door.



P. x; JOHNSON & F. 1. SUPER.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16. 1912.

Patented Aug. .7, 1917.

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Patented Aug. 7, 1917'.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, I912.

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PIERCE X. JOHNSON AND FRANK J. SUPER, 0]? PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNORS TOJOHNSON-BRADFORD SAFE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF OREGON.

SAFE-DOOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au *7, 1917.

Application filed November 16, 1912. Serial No. 731,801.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PIERCE X. J OHNSON and F RANK J. SUPER, citizens ofthe United States, residing in the city of Portland, county ofMultnomah, and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Safe-Doors, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to safe doors, and more particularly to animproved construction and arrangement of doors for safes and vaults,with operating mechanism therefor, whereby we secure astronger door witha more nearly perfect opening, closing and locking operation.

Among the salient objects of this invention are,

To provide in a safe or vault door a construction whereby a plurality ofdoor sec tions can be made of the hardest of manganese steel, with a newand practical means for securing said door sections together, and formounting thereupon and securing thereto the locking bolts and theboltmanipulating and bolt-locking mechanisms; to provide in combinationwith a safe or vault door, a supporting hinge or yoke therefor withimproved connections thereto, whereby to make it possible for a verythick door to be moved in a straight line out of and into the dooropening before being swung upon its supporting hinge or yoke. Otherobjects and features of improvement will be apparent from thedescription of one embodiment of the invention hereinafter contained,taken with the accompanying sheets of drawings forming a part hereof,and'in which, 1

Figure 1 shows a face or front elevation of a safe embodying ourinvention;

Fig. 2 shows a fragmentary side elevation thereof, with parts brokenaway and a part shown in section, taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

Fig. 4 is a plan view with part in section, taken on line 44 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view, partly in section, taken on line 55 ofFig. 1;

Fig. 6 is an inside or back view, in eleva tion, of a door embodying ourinvention,

with the upper halves of the two innermost door sections cut away;

Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view, partly in elevation, through a safedoor embodying our invention, as if taken on line 77 of Fig. 6, withparts broken away to reduce the figure;

Fig. 8 is a taken on line 88 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is a detail, showing one method of slpacing the safe bodysections to receive the c oor;

Fig. 10 is an inside or back view of the outermost section of a doorembodying our invention;

Fig. 11 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 1111 of Fig. 10;

Fig. 12 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view through themiddle of a door, similar to the middle portion of Fig. 7;

Fig. 13 is an inner face view taken on the joint line 1313 of Fig. 12;

Fig. 14: is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view through theupper portion %f a7door, similar to the upper portion of Fig. 15 is anend view of parts shown in Fig. 1 1;

Fig. 16 is a sectional view taken on line 1616 of Fig. 14:;

Fig. 17 is a sectional view taken on line 17-17 of Fig. 14:.

As hereinbefore stated, an object of this invention is to make a heavysafe-door, in sections, of the hardest of manganese steel, with thesections so secured together that they can be readily assembled andtaken apart, when necessary, and the whole so hingedly supported to thesafe or vault body that it can be readily and correctly opened andclosed at will. The door is particularly adapted for the burglar proofsafe shown and described in United States Letters Patent to P. X.Johnson No. 1,026,207, of May 14, 1912, in which the body of the safe ismade of a plurality of perforated body sections mounted one within theother at a space apart, in the manner indicated in part in Fig. 7.

Referring now to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, we will first describe our improvedhinge support fragmentary sectional view,

for a door of the character referred to. In the drawings A designatesthe safe body into which the door B fits. The door A is supported upon ayoke member G of the usual form, but which is attached to the door bymeans of a double hinge, above and below, as at C and C connectedtogether by a connecting portion C formed as a part thereof, as shown inFig. 2, said double hinge comprising two short arm like por tionshingedly attached at their outer ends to the yoke C, as at 0*, andhingedly connected to the door at their inner ends, as at C. We believewe are the first to hinge a heavy safe door upon a double hinge in suchmanner that it is possible for the door to be moved out of the safe bodyin a straight line as the yoke moves upon its hinge connection to thesafe body.

The door is moved inwardly and outwardly by the usual mechanism,comprising a hand wheel 1, which operates a shaft 2, provided at itsopposite ends with disks 3, provided with the crank pins 45, whichengage in the usual socket pieces 67. In order to prevent any lateralmovement of the door upon its hinge support when open, we have providedthe crank pin 5 with a nut 8 and a spacing nut 9, whereby it is moved inthe socket 10 in the block or piece 7 but is not movable longitudinallyof its length, thereby preventing any lateral or side movement of thedoor in either direction upon its double hinge support when open. l/Vhenthe bolt manipulating lever 11 is moved to the left, as indicated indotted lines, to withdraw the bolts of the door in a manner hereinafteragain referred to, the hand wheel 1 is revolved and operates through theshaft 2, the disks 3 and the crank pins 4 and 5 to move the doordirectly outwardly sufficiently far to permit of a free and easymovement of the door upon its hinge or yoke without in any wayinterfering with the sides of the door opening, and because of thedouble hinge joint, with the short supporting arms C and G a very thickdoor can be moved in a straight line outwardly sufficiently far to clearthe door opening when swung, instead of commencing a swinging movementabout the yoke axis as soon as the door is started'out of its closedposition.

' The double hinge is secured to the door B, which, it is understood, ismade of the hardest of manganese steel, by means of pairs of inturnedlugs, as 1212, formed or cast upon the door face at the time it is made.Between these lugs 1212 is secured a filling piece or plug of softersteel, as l313, to which it is possible to attach the inner ends of thedouble hinges. The side pieces 6 and 7 which receive the disk crank pins4 and 5', are secured to the Sides. of the safe body in the same manner,as are also the supporting blocks or pieces in which the shaft 2 ismounted.

Referring now to Figs. 6 to 16, we will next describe the constructionof the door, which is here shown to be composed of three parts or bodysections, B B and B Said door sections are provided, respectiyely, upontheir inner sides, formed as an integral part thereof, with what we willcall bolt-receiving frame portions B*, B and B Said door section'B isalso provided upon its inner face with sets of inturned lug members, asB Fig. 8, formed thereupon for a purpose hereinafter more particularlyreferred to. The outermost door section B is provided with two U-shapedpocket lugs B formed. integrally therewith for a purpose hereinaftermentioned. A carrying plate B of softer material than the manganesesteel of which the door section is made, is mounted upon the inner sideof said door section for the purpose of supporting the boltand lockmanipulating mechanism. This carrying plate 13* is supported on theouter door section by means of holding pieces B of which there are four,set edgewise and secured to the door by means of bolts B having headswhich fit between the inturned lug members B as clearly indicated inFigs. 8, 10 and 11. Said carrying plate B is supported to the inneredges of said holding members 13 by means of bolts B Locking bolts,designated D, of which there are three at each side and two at each endof the outermost door section B are slidably mounted through theintegral frame member 13*, and also through the holding pieces 13 asindicated. These bolts are operated by means of movably mountedbolt-operating members D and D there being two of each, and all four ofwhich are operatively connected by means of arm portions at their innerends to a disk-like member E, mounted upon a shaft or bolt F, and bymeans of which disk-like member E said bolt operating members D and Dand said bolts D, are simultaneously drawn inwardly or moved outwardlyout of and into locking. positions. It will be noted that thebolt-operating members D are cut out in their middles so as to slidablyfit around the U-shaped lug members B formed upon the inside of the doorsection B Apair of supporting or connecting bolts, as GGr, provided withheads G G 'which fit into the U-shaped pocket lugs B serve no U-shapedpocket lugs 13, as has section B and has no inturned lugs B". A carryingor supporting plate of softer material, designated B is mounted upon theinside of said door section B and is provided with suitable openingstherethrough to receive the connecting bolts G-G, and with a centralopening therethrough so as to fit around the middle thicker portion ofthe door section, as shown, Figs. 7 and 12. This supporting or carryingplate B is secured to the door section B by means of the supporting andconnecting bolts Gr-G in the following manner. Referring to Fig. 14:, anut 13, made in halves and exteriorly threaded, is placed upon the boltG next to the enlarged portion G thereof, and an in teriorly threadednut B is secured thereupon and against said supporting plate B, asshown, forcing the same against the door section B", which is engaged atits outer side by the enlarged portion G of said supporting bolt Gr.Both bolts G-G are eX- tended through and secured to the inner doorsection B in the same manner. Bolt G, from the enlarged portion G isadapted to pass through the openings in the door section B and in thesupporting plate B until its enlarged portion G engages the outer sideof said door section B The twopart nut B is then placed around said boltG and the nut B is screwed thereupon in the manner indicated, Figs. 7and 1 1.

Locking bolts H, of which there are three at each side of door section Band two at each end thereof, the same as in case of door section B, aremoved in the same manner, as by means of bolt operating plates Hconnected to and operated by a disk-like member H similar to thedisk-like member E. Said disklike member H is mounted upon a bolt orshaft H which carries at its outer end a disk H positioned adjacent thedisklike operating element E and with which it is connected by means ofa crank pin H shown in dotted lines and in section, Figs. 12 and 6. Thiscrank pin H between the disk member E and the disk H constitutes theonly connection between the bolt or shaft F and the bolt or shaft H andby it the revolving of the disk E operates to revolve disk Hi the shaftH and the disklike member H connected to the operating plates H whichmove the bolts H simultaneously.

Door section B is similar to section B but is provided with three lockbolts at each of its sides and none at its ends. A carrying orsupporting plate B of softer material is secured thereto in the samemanner as carrying plate 13 is secured to door section B that is, bymeans of two-part nuts 13, and a holding nut 13, Fig. 14. The lockingbolts, designated as I, are moved in the same manner as are the otherlocking bolts and simultaneously therewith, by means of bolt operatingplates I I connected to and operated by means of a disk like member 1mounted upon a bolt or shaft It Mounted upon the end of said shaft orbolt I is a disk like member I which faces and rests in register withthe disk-like member H and with which it is connected by means of acrank pin I", shown in dotted lines in Fig. 12 and in section, Fig. 13.

Referring to Figs. 7 and 6, an operating bolt 14:, upon the outer end ofwhich the operating lever 11 (Fig. 1) is mounted, and upon the inner endof which an operating arm 15 (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6) ismounted to turn therewith, and having a slot and pin connection with thebolt operating plate D whereby the movement of said operating lever 11,turns said shaft 14, and rocks said arm 15 in opposite directions,thereby moving the plate D which is con nected to and turns disk-likemember E, through which all of the bolt operating plates D and D areturned, and the bolts D are moved inwardly and outwardly at will. Theoperation of the disk-like member E, through the crank pin connection at'H (Figs. 6, 7 and 12), operates disk H,

shaft H to which it is keyed, as at H, and disk H through which the lockbolts H, of door section B are moved inwardly and outwardly. Themovement or operation of disk like member H through crank pin connectionI, operates disk I and shaft 1*, to which it is keyed, as at P, and disk1 by means of which the lock bolts I of the innermost door section B aremoved inwardly and outwardly, simultaneously with the other door bolts.

Door sections B B and B as hereinbefore stated, are made of manganesesteel and in order to provide suitable bearing openings therethrough forthe bolt operating shafts F, H and I the inner door sections B and Bthrough which the operating or supporting bolts or shafts H and I mustpass, are cored in their formation with suitable filling cores, as 16,of softer steel which can be bored for the reception of the bolts H andI The yoke O and its supporting hinge is secured to the door edge of thesafe body by means of inturned lugs, as 1717, with a softer fillingpiece or core 18, as herein described with reference to the inturnedlugs 12-12.

Attention is also called to the fact that the inwardly projecting frameportions, formed on the door sections, B, B and B and through which thelocking bolts D, H and I, project, are cored with softer material coreswhich can be bored out smoothly to receive the locking bolts. This isindi- 'cated by the double dotted lines in Figs. 6 and 7 and Will bereadily understood.

We are aware that modifications can be made in the drawings illustratingour improvements Without departing from the spirit of the invention, andWe do not, therefore limit the invention to the described illustrations,except as We may be limited by the hereto appended claims.

We claim:

1. A safe door comprising a plurality of door sections of hard metalsecured together fiatwise at a space apart, supporting or carryingplates of softer material secured to the inner sides of said doorsections, bolt and locking mechanisms supported upon said plates andmeans for operating the same, substantially as described.

2. In a safe door, a plurality of door sections,- lug elements formedupon said door sections connecting bolts for securing said sectionstogether, locking bolts and bolt manipulating mechanism supported uponsaid door sections by means of said lug elements;

I 3; In a safe door, a plurality of door sections, said door sectionsbeing formed with supporting lug elements for said bolts.

4:. In a safe door, a plurality of door sections With integrally formedframe portions With bolt openings therethrough, supporting lugs formedintegrally upon the inner face of one of said sections,bolt-manipulating mechanism supported to said door section by means ofsaid lugs, connecting bolts through some of said door sections andsupported at their ends by said lug elements formed upon said doorsection.

Signed at Portland, Multnomah county, Oregon, this 8th day of November,1912.

PIERCE X. JOHNSON. FRANK J. SUPER.

In presence of' JAMEs N. DAvIs, WALTER 0. SMITH.

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